Life is not a meaningless series of accidents or an unthinking routine, and it is our duty to occupy ourselves with thought at a higher level than the immediate problems of everyday existence. People who pretend not to have any philosophy will inevitably reflect the ideas and prejudices of the society and the milieu in which they live. However, if we wish to gain a rational understanding of the world in which we live, and the fundamental processes at work in it, then we clearly do need to study philosophy – essentially a way of looking at the world. The question may be raised: why bother studying complicated questions of science and philosophy? For our daily lives there is evidently no need for this and at first sight studying a book on the history of philosophy can appear a bit academic. Aristotle and the End of Classical Greek Philosophy.
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Buy The History of Philosophy today read and discuss it with friends, peers and comrades and arm yourself with a thorough understanding of Marxism’s great philosophical lineage ( PDF version here). While the guide is especially suitable for reading groups, it will also help individual readers enhance their understanding of the text. The reading guide summarises the main points, chapter by chapter, and provides a number of study questions and prompts to facilitate discussion. We hope the following guide will encourage comrades and supporters to form reading circles with radical workers and youth around the world! Alan Woods’ History of Philosophy: a Marxist Perspective is available to buy now from Wellred Books! It takes readers on a 2,000-year-long journey, starting with the towering thinkers of ancient Greece, through the radical bourgeois philosophers of the Enlightenment, to the dialectics of Hegel, and culminating with the scientific socialism of Marx and Engels.